Rapunzel

In reaction to the reading, I considered how many fairy tales I could have read as a child without understanding the intentions of the authors. Were these stories really meant to be read to children? It's not that there is anything inappropriate about the stories themselves, just that they became under-appreciated over the years. It is proof that there is so much more to art and literature than we as viewers and readers could ever fathom. Even a simple photograph of a cityscape can be a profound statement. Stories are like staircases with levels of increasing complexity. Every time Thompson took the story up to a new level in his essay, it became more personnal to him. His writing became more opinionated and far out. It's as though he was taking Rapunzel and making it into his own story. To be able to identify with a story is another level of analysis.